Guadeloupe Parakeet

Guadeloupe Parakeet ( Aratinga labati )

The Guadeloupe Parakeet ( Aratinga labati ) also known as Labat parakeet, is an extinct small parrot, whose existence is based only on Travel stories from Jean -Baptiste Labat, Griffith Hughes and Jean -Baptiste Du Tertre. Labat, after whom the species is named, wrote in 1722 in his work Nouveau Voyage aux isles l' Amérique: " The Parakeets of Guadeloupe are the size of a blackbird. They are completely green, apart from a few red feathers on the head. " 1667 You mentioned Tertre in his work Histoire générale des Antilles habitees par les François a macaw, an Amazon parrot and a parakeet. The parakeet was described as a magpie large and totally green. The Guadeloupe Parakeet died out in the 18th century.